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‘Hey Google’ and Other Voice Assistants Are Terrifying Children and Confusing Bemused Parents
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Jewish Group Flies Latino Journos to Israel
Seventeen Latino journalists from the United States and Latin America returned this week from an eight-day, all-expenses-paid trip to Israel sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League, which is concerned about what it considers an unacceptable level of anti-Semitism among Latinos, particularly new arrivals. Fernando DiazAmong the participants were Rick Sanchez, former CNN anchor; Henrik Rehbinder, opinion…
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Anchor Tells Viewers Staff Is 'Out of a Job'
In Tucson, Station Turns Over News Shows to Competitor Viewers of KMSB-TV in Tucson, Ariz., heard a stunning announcement from anchor Lou Raguse on Tuesday: Belo Corp., parent company of the Fox affiliate, Channel 11, had entered into a “shared services agreement” with Raycom Media, the owner of rival KOLD, Channel 13. “Raycom will produce…
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Occupy Wall Street on the Move
The Occupy Wall Street movement met another obstacle as police moved into New York City’s Zuccotti Park overnight and evacuated the encampment. The Root was on the scene in Foley Square in Manhattan on November 15, and caught up with demonstrators hoping to return to the scene of protests and arrests.
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Black Voices From Occupy DC
As the Occupy Movement picks up steam from coast to coast, demonstrators in the nation’s capital have garnered attention, setting up a little more than two blocks away from the White House at downtown Washington’s McPherson Square. Here’s what some of the District’s resident Occupiers had to say about the movement when The Root visited…
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Romenesko Flap: A Non-Diverse Affair
The Poynter Institute’s dramatic reproach of its pioneering media blogger Jim Romenesko, followed within hours by his resignation Thursday night, sent tweets flying and computer keys clicking, with discussions of media ethics thrown in for good measure. But it was a discussion that largely took place in the absence of journalists of color. Given the…
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In Penn State Uproar, Pitfalls for Journalists
A day before the Penn State child sex-abuse scandal forced the retirement of legendary coach Joe Paterno, the Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot-News devoted its entire front page to an editorial calling on Penn State University President Graham Spanier to step down. The university’s board of trustees did the paper one better. On Wednesday night, the board…
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A Sneak Peek: 'Pariah'
The independent film industry has been buzzing about Pariah since it premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Based on director Dee Rees’ 2007 award-winning short film, Pariah is the feature-length, coming-of-age story of a young woman living in Brooklyn, N.Y., with her parents, Audrey and Arthur (Kim Wayans and Charles Parnell), and younger sister,…
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When This Reporter Shows Up, Duck!
Raid Follows Mistaken Report That Store Sells Dog Meat “They were barking up the wrong tree,” Jennifer Bain and Chuck Bennett wrote Friday in the New York Post. “State inspectors raided a Chinatown meat market after a crusading Minneapolis TV newsman confused dogs and ducks and reported that Fido might wind up on somebody’s dinner…
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Partying With The Root 100
On Nov. 5, 2011, The Root hosted a celebration to toast the influential young African Americans on The Root 100 list. At the event, held at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., we talked to a number of honorees — including NAACP President Ben Jealous and Black Girls Rock! founder Beverly Bond —…
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Keith Clinkscales Files Defamation Suit
Keith Clinkscales, who announced his departure as an ESPN senior vice president three weeks ago, filed a defamation suit Wednesday saying he was being slandered by a former colleague who is spreading a “flat-out lie” that he masturbated under an iPad while sitting in an airplane next to ESPN sports reporter Erin Andrews. “Clinkscales, who…